"blog": noun or verb?
For some time now, the use of the word “blog” has bothered me a little. We all know that a blog, short for “weblog”, is in most cases an online diary of sorts. But the use of the word blog as a verb somehow doesn’t sit right with me. For example: “I want to blog [...]
The Office
I should be doing more mailouts/consignment stuff, but I just hate this part so much, I’ve got to force myself to keep going. Thursday, Thursday I’m off work, so I can spend all day doing boring crap distribution shit. But that’s not what I want to blog about. I’ve finished watching the two seasons of [...]
birthday
Well, it happened. I turned 30. I bought myself a dress that makes me look like a fairy queen. I am now, officially, no longer a young person… Rachel
then and now
Have a look at the these photos from the Canberra Times. Notice how the Playboy Bunnies from yesterday all look like different people. And then look at those today. They all look the same. It’s nice to know I’m not paranoid or off the planet when I think that our conception of beauty is getting [...]
Sunblock – the Simple Solution
Louise JamesStrategic Marketing Development ManagerThe Cancer Council Australia Dear Ms James, I am a concerned woman who has an idea on how to make young women aware of issues relating to skin cancer. Now that I am in my thirties, I’ve suddenly recognised how cosmetic companies use the fear of ageing to promote their products. [...]
good reading
My Mom had asked me what I wanted for my 30th birthday (which is on Dec 18!!) and I couldn’t think of anything. Really, I have enough shit and the last thing I really wanted – Ved Mehta’s memoir of working with famous New Yorker editor William Shawn – she bought for me a few [...]
sickos on the web
Since it seems to be ‘angry feminist week’ on the lip mag blog, I thought I would share this little gem. I don’t believe I am the kind to be easily ‘outraged,’ but when I stumbled across this website, I felt physically ill. The website claims to be mens’ answer to The Rules “and other [...]
beat em at their own game
I just had an idea. Maybe instead of fighting against the sexualisation and objectification of women, we should go with it and beat men at their own game. We can all wear shirt skirts and cleavage revealing tops, get appointed to top jobs and while we distract every high-powered male around us, we’ll change the [...]
harry fucking potter
Were blogs created as tools to rant out anger? It seems to be what I’ve been using this one for lately. I’ve never been an angry person, but my god, it’s like the last few months everything makes my blood boil. Erin, my dear, I think I have just become an angry feminist. So, Allan [...]
what do you want to be when you grow up?
from issue seven: career profiles lip issue 7 brings you a huge feature on careers, including a quiz, interviews, book reviews, a special on women in uniform, fiction and more. We had so many ideas for our career feature that we couldn’t fit it all in the magazine! So we decided to put up even [...]
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